By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 4 -- A fifth appraisal-development well in Taq Taq field in northern Iraq's Kurdistan area flowed on test at a combined rate of 16,170 b/d of oil.
Taq Taq Operating Co., the joint venture of Genel Enerji AS and Addax Petroleum Corp., drilled the TT-09 well. Two intervals were tested, producing 48° gravity oil.
A 231-m completion interval in Shiranish flowed at 2,580 b/d, and a 104-m interval in Kometan formation flowed at 13,590 b/d. Rates were restricted by 40/64-in. and 128/64-in. chokes, respectively.
TT-09, a stepout well 1.7 km southwest of the TT-04 well, was drilled to 2,444 m TD. It's the first of two wells designed to appraise the flanks of Taq Taq.
A development plan involves a $1 billion-plus capital investment and a production plateau of more than 200,000 b/d. Full development could begin in 2008.
Oil in place has been estimated at 1.2-2.7 billion bbl, and reserves are expected to exceed 250 million bbl (OGJ, Sept. 17, 2007, Newsletter).
